Home  »  Headline News

On:

Not always better – Many researchers think that God resides in our brains, which is why neuroscience is often at the forefront of spirituality. And it turns out that bigger isn’t better (in brain size, anyway). If you find it hard to play video games, this could be due to the size of certain PARTS of your brain. And babies are getting smaller: Does this mean that human brains will be shrinking in the future as well? (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to the 2009 Dreamland show with Dr. John Turner).

A bigger brain doesn’t necessarily make you smarter. Tiny insects (and birds, despite the appellation “bird brain”) can be much more intelligent than larger creatures with bigger brains.
read more

On:

Here’s earthshaking news: The earthquake in Chile not only changed the spin of the Earth, it moved an entire city 10 feet to the west.

In In Wired.com, Betsy Mason reports that GPS measurements reveal that not only did the city of Concepcion move 10 feet, the capital of Chile, Santiago, moved 11 inches west. Even Buenos Aires, which is 800 miles away from the center of the quake, moved an inch.
read more

On:

Which means WE’RE in danger too! – Dolphins may need legal rights in order to stay alive! At this point, it’s almost a moral issue, which is even more urgent since new medical discoveries show how much we NEED these creatures. Also, it has now been discovered that killing whales is not only bad for the creatures being slaughtered, it’s ALSO bad for the atmosphere!
read more

On:

But nobody knows what it is – What’s all around us, but nobody knows what it is? This sounds like a theological question, but it’s actually a puzzle that scientists are trying to work out.
read more